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Prof. Briaud at Texas A&M Launches Course on Geoengineering Case Histories
Introducing a great initiative by Prof. Briaud in academia community for making geo-engineering more appealing to students and to instill engineering judgement and big picture notion before they gradu...
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The biggest glacier in East Antarctica is melting due to warm ocean water
If the Totten glacier melts, global sea levels will rise by 3.5 meters If the Totten glacier melts, global sea levels will rise by 3.5 meters The massive Totten glacier, despite being in one of th...
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The Use of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Post-Disaster Geotechnical Reconnaissance Webinar Video Share
The Use of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Post-Disaster Geotechnical Reconnaissance Webinar outlines some useful aspects on UAV platforms, sensors and regulations and focuses on the integration of...
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Α waterless toilet, funded by the Bill Gates Foundation
The ‘Nano Membrane Toilet’ is developed by researchers in Cranfield University The ‘Nano Membrane Toilet’ is developed by researchers in Cranfield University Back in 2011,...
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Carbon sequestration in soils cannot fix climate change to the extend it was thought to
Soil as carbon storehouse needs to be part of, not the whole solution Soil as carbon storehouse needs to be part of, not the whole solution Carbon sequestration in soils was a proposed method to...
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Plants grown on Mars-like soil found to be edible
When humans set foot on the Red Planet, they could grow food locally… When humans set foot on the Red Planet, they could grow food locally… Researchers at Wageningen University ...
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First-ever aerial survey of the ‘Great Pacific garbage patch’ shows the problem is worse than we thought
The density of the trash is growing so fast that the patch is becoming visible from space The density of the trash is growing so fast that the patch is becoming visible from space On October 3rd,...
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Call for Papers on Geoenvironmental Engineering Case Histories for Publication in the ISSMGE International Journal of Geongineering Case Histories
The Technical Committee on Environmental Geotechnics (TC215) of the ISSMGE announced a Call for Papers for Case Histories in Geoenvironmental Engineering that will be published in ISSMGE's Intern...
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DFI Releases Report from Workshop on Quality Assurance for Post-Grouted Drilled Shafts
Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) has released a free, 187-page report from a workshop on quality assurance practices for acceptance of post-grouted drilled shafts. Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) ha...
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NASA Research Indicates Mercury is Seismically Active
Based on research from data collected with the MESSENGER spacecraft, NASA believes that Mercury is tectonically active. If correct, this makes Mercury the only tectonically active planet in the solar...
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